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The SOC curriculum Eight phases take you from security operations foundations to running a SOC. Every lesson is complete guided material — concept, scenario, practice assets, a lab in the live console and an evaluation. Progress is tracked automatically from the work you do.
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How security operations work Describe the collect → detect → triage → respond → improve loop
Security Operations Foundations · Theory · 14 min
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13h 46m
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Phases
8
Foundations → SOC management
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0 SOC Foundations Orient Understand what a SOC defends, what data it sees and how attacker behaviour is described. 0/3 lessons 52 min Operations loop Telemetry families ATT&CK vocabulary
Security Operations Foundations SOC Foundations · Entry The vocabulary, telemetry and attack model everything else in the curriculum is built on.
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Explain what a SOC defends and how Recognise the main telemetry sources Use ATT&CK to describe attacker behaviour1 L1 · Alert Triage Triage Requires SOC FoundationsWork a live queue and produce consistent, defensible verdicts under time pressure. 1/5 lessons 1h 52m2 L2 · Investigation & Correlation Investigate Requires L1 · Alert TriagePivot across sources, correlate alerts into incidents and build sourced attack timelines. 0/5 lessons 2h 17m3 L3 · Threat Hunting Hunt Requires L2 · Investigation & CorrelationTest falsifiable hypotheses against telemetry and convert findings into detections. 0/4 lessons 2h 15m4 Detection Engineering Detect Requires L1 · Alert TriageDesign, backtest and tune detection logic with measurable precision. 0/4 lessons 1h 50m5 SIEM & Data Engineering Engineer Requires SOC FoundationsKeep the pipeline healthy: onboard sources, parse, normalise and diagnose silent feeds. 0/4 lessons 1h 48m6 Incident Response & SOAR Respond Requires L2 · Investigation & CorrelationContain and eradicate without destroying evidence, then automate the repeatable parts. 0/3 lessons 1h 12m7 SOC Operations & Management Operate Requires Incident Response & SOARRun the operation: meaningful metrics, workload balance, handovers and executive reporting. 0/4 lessons 1h 40m